AI-powered news and tools intelligence platform — live articles, curated AI tools, and Gemini-powered "Why This Matters" analysis in one place.

Live Site: [https://web-production-2092.up.railway.app/]
Built for: Dev Season of Code (DSOC) 2026

The AI space moves faster than anyone can keep up with. Lumioly is a fully autonomous intelligence platform that surfaces what matters — live news, curated tools, and instant AI analysis — with zero manual curation.

Every page load pulls fresh articles from five major tech sources. Every tool has an on-demand Gemini explanation. Every article has a "Why This Matters" analysis generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash that explains the real-world significance in three sentences.

git clone https://github.com/Nungo/Lumioly.git
cd Lumioly

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a .env file in the project root:

SECRET_KEY=your-django-secret-key
DEBUG=True
GEMINI_API_KEY=your-gemini-api-key
YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your-youtube-api-key
CRON_SECRET=any-random-string

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py seed_tools

python manage.py runserver

Visit http://localhost:8000

lumioly/
├── ai_curator_project/     # Django project settings
│   ├── settings.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── wsgi.py
├── curator_app/            # Main application
│   ├── views.py            # All view logic including Why This Matters
│   ├── models.py           # AiTool, NewsItem models
│   ├── ai_client.py        # Gemini API client
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── management/
│       └── commands/
│           └── seed_tools.py   # Seeds 44 AI tools
├── templates/
│   ├── base.html           # Dark luxury design system
│   ├── home.html           # Homepage with AI chat
│   └── curator_app/
│       ├── news_list.html      # Live news feed
│       ├── article_detail.html # Why This Matters page
│       ├── tool_list.html      # Tools directory
│       └── tool_detail.html    # Tool detail with AI + YouTube
├── requirements.txt
├── Procfile                # Railway deployment
└── runtime.txt             # Python 3.13

The app is deployed on Railway with the following start command:

python manage.py migrate && python manage.py seed_tools && python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && gunicorn ai_curator_project.wsgi --log-file -

Environment variables required:

• SECRET_KEY
• GEMINI_API_KEY
• YOUTUBE_API_KEY
• CRON_SECRET
• DEBUG = False

• Lumioly — designed and built the full platform from my own design framework, including live RSS news aggregation from five major tech sources, the AI tools directory, Gemini-powered chat, and the dark luxury aesthetic across desktop and mobile
• Why This Matters — the centrepiece feature: Gemini reads every article and generates a three-sentence analysis explaining its real-world significance to developers right now
• Topic restriction & prompt injection protection — AI system prompt that keeps Lumioly strictly focused on AI and tech, with graceful redirects for off-topic queries
• QA & edge case testing — boundary testing including off-topic queries, borderline questions, and prompt injection attempts
• UX/UI Design — full Figma documentation with desktop and mobile screens, design system, and clickable prototype
• Full deployment — live on Railway with PostgreSQL, WhiteNoise, and autonomous RSS pipeline

Nungo Tshidzumba — Creative Technologist, Pretoria, South Africa
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Powered by Gemini 2.5 Flash · Deployed on Railway · Built for DSOC 2026